Twine heddle



Aug. 2, 1938.

I. ANDREWS ET AL 2,125,278

' TWINE HEDDLE Filed May 27, 1936 F g 7 a fiwaw 0. COWZ Z Patented Aug.2, 1938 PATENT OFFICE TWINE HEDDLE Isaac Andrews and Howard 0.Coddington, Spartanburg, S.

Application May 27,

1 Claim.

This invention has reference to twine heddles for looms and aims toprovide a loom harness constructed of independent twine heddles, whichmay be readily removed or replaced, thereby providing an adjustableloomharness adapted for use in weaving various grades of cloth andeliminating the necessity of changing the entire harness, when it isdesired to weave a different grade of cloth than the grade of cloth forwhich the harness has been set up.

An important object of the invention is to provide twine heddles whichmay be used with metal supporting shafts, the eyes at the ends of theheddles being constructed to withstand the wear to which they aresubjected by contact with the metal supporting shafts of the harness.

Another important object of the invention is to secure metal eye membersat the ends of the heddles, so that the eye members will not becomedisconnected from the twine, while in operation and under the weight ofthe harness.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of What is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmental elevational view dis closing a loo-m harnessconstructed of removable independent heddles.

Figure 2 is an elevational view of a twine heddle constructed inaccordance with the invention.

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through an eyemember secured to heddle twine.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4--4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the refer- 45 ence character 5designates a twine heddle, which is constructed in the usual manner onthe well known heddle knitting machine, the heddle being provided with acentral eye 6.

1936, Serial No. 82,134

At each end of the twine heddle, is an eye member indicated by thereference character 1, the eye member being constructed of sheet metalmaterial and provided with an elongated eye 8 for the reception of theusual metallic heddle supporting bars of a loom structure. Each of theseeye members 1 is formed with a shank 9, to which the ends of the heddletwine, are secured.

The securing means include pairs of spaced clips I0, formed integralwith the shank El, the clips extending from opposite side edges of theshank 9, where they may be bent over the twine heddle, securing the eyemembers in position. As clearly shown by the drawing, portions of thetwine heddle are exposed between the pairs of clips l0, and provide asurface on which the varnish used in coating the twine heddle, buildsup, forming an enlargement between the pairs of clips as indicated at A,to anchor the eye members to the twine, and prevent the eye members frombeing pulled from the twine, under the weight of the twine harness andstrain under which the heddles are subjected, while in operation.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that due to the construction of theloom harness, the number of heddles may be increased or decreasedthereby adapting the harness for use in weaving various grades of clothfabric, and eliminating the necessity of replacing the entire loomharness with a loom harness of another size.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A twine harness for looms comprising a plurality of independent twineheddles, including twine members, metallic eye members, spaced securingmembers on each eye member and adapted to be pressed into engagementwith the twine members at their ends, securing the twine memberstogether, and the space between the securing members adapted toaccommodate varnish when the heddle is dipped during the varnish coatingstep in the manufacture of heddles, anchoring the eye members to thetwine.

ISAAC ANDREWS. HOWARD O. CODDINGTON.

